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I decided today would be the beginning of me playing online games. Or at least try to. I dusted off an old laptop and prayed to all the deities that ever existed in Neighpon, or as Delta Issy called it, "Japan", that there's at least one Internet company in Equestria. Equestrians are somewhat behind in the technological space, but they aren't strangers to external tech.

"C'mon..."

"C'mon..."

"C'mon...!"

"C'mon!"

...

"YES! OH, FU-" I was so happy I fell out of my inflatable gamer chair. Why do I even have this thing? Well, whatever.

"The hell happened here?" Shinji was at the door, confused as all hell.

I placed an order for somepony to come by our place on the 19th, which is a Wednesday. Now, what to do? Hmm... Arcade? Arcade.

Quickly grabbing some bits for the arcade, I quickly leave the house to have some fun.

Before I make it to the arcade, however, I spot Naru with two pegasi. One is a young orange pegasus filly, about 13 years old or so. She's wearing a white dress that fades to a dark pink. The other is an older grey pegasus stallion. He's wearing a grey dress shirt with a jacket hanging over his back. A cigarette is in his mouth. Luggage is with them. They both have some brown as the color of their mane and tail. The filly's mane is kept nice and tidy, while the stallion's is more unkempt and messy. From the fact that Naru and the two pegasi have the same eye color of a lively grey, and they look happy being together, I am to assume that they are Nanako and Ryotaro Dojima, Naru's "Little Sister" and uncle respectively. Jumping into a nearby bush, I eavesdrop on them.

"...and we've been quite successful as of late." Naru-kun finishes his statement.

"Thank you again for taking up my offer, Narukami-san. Once I find him, I'm gonna make him pay here in Equestria." Dojima-san mutters.

Dojima-chan giggles. "Yeah, dad!" She then hits a more somber tone. "Mom's been dead for so long. It's time for the killer to face the music." Ah, so that's what's going on. Someone killed Dojima-chan's mom, so they've been searching since then for the killer. A good chance it's a hit'n'run incident.

"We've narrowed it down to a few ponies. All of whom are going to the show tomorrow." Naru-kun hands a folder to Dojima-san. "Here are the files I've obtained during the tour around Equestria. And there's one more thing." Dojima-san raises an eyebrow. "...The Princess of Friendship, Sparkle Twilight-shi, has been filly-napped and sequentially saved."

"Th-That's impossible! If somepony filly-napped the Princess, he or she is a major threat! We need to track them-"

"The Princess is safe, Uncle. I made sure of it. I'm sure a certain Naginata wielder can explain better on what the hay happened. Yuki-senpai? If you would stop hiding in the bush, I'd like to introduce you." Naru-kun then turned to me. Fuck. The jig is up. I slowly trot out of the bush.

"H-Hi." I mutter in Ponish.

Dojima-san raises an eyebrow. "Senpai? As in, you look up to her?" Naru nods. "What would she do that makes you of all ponies look up to her?"

"We had to fight a set of ponies keeping the Princess hostage," I lie in Neighponese. "By hitting weak points all over their bodies, I can knock them out quick but keep them alive for interrogation. The boss, however, killed his men and himself before we could capture any of them." I'm a good liar, and nopony can tell if it's a lie or the truth.

"Wow, she must be strong! Hi! I'm Dojima Nanako, Big Bro's cousin! Call me Nanako. And this is my dad, Dojima Ryotaro!" Doj- Nanako says. Well, if she says so.

"Nice to meet you, Nanako." I shake her extended hoof. "I am Yuki Mikata. Call me whatever you'd like." I then look up to Dojima-san. Oh, boy. This may take a bit. I'm gonna die writing this. I'm gonna die listening to this.

"Well, first. Thank you for helping out my nephew. Like my daughter said, my name is Dojima Ryotaro." I shake his hoof. "Secondly, what were you doing in that bush?"

And I've got the perfect lie for that. "Some of my bits fell in the bush, so I went to go pick them up. It took longer than expected... Oh, there's one!" A bit was lying in the bush, near where I left. I levitated it and put it in my coin purse.

"Okay..." It was convincing enough, and with my current level of Charisma, I was able to pull it off. I'm safe.

Then I remembered that whole deal with the Hanged Man and Death, so I activated Arcana Checker, which is how I was able to tell the Inaba Investigation Team was the Fool Arcana. And just like that, I see that Narukami is the Hanged Man. So somepony close to Narukami may die. But who? I also see that Dojima-san's arcana's the Hierophant and Nanako's... fading between Justice and Strength? That's... odd... Never seen this before, but I'll save that for Igor.

Fading back into existence, I hear "...and that's how she saved me and the Princess."

"Oh, really now? Heh, maybe you can marry Yuki-san instead of Kujikawa-san?"

"I'm taken." I say in reflex.

"O-Oh. Well, I'll be taking our stuff to the motel room. Nanako, do you want to see the room?" Nanako's face lit up like a candle and followed Dojima-san to the motel. I sigh.

"Naru-kun. Let's go visit the Velvet Room, shall we?"

"Wait, where can we enter the Velvet Room?" Naru-kun asks. I guess Igor forgot.

"Follow me."

We reach the Town Hall, and to the right of the entrance, there's the door to the Velvet Room. As we get closer, our respective keys glow stronger. We touch the door together, and...

The Velvet Room

"Welcome to the Velvet Room, you two." I turn my head to the left, and Narukami's with me.

"What would you like to do?" Lavenza asks. Narukami requests for Persona fusion (I'm guessing he must've gotten Shuffle Time when we beat the Arcana Boss, but I wouldn't know.

"Hey, Igor. I've got a question." I tell Igor.

"And what might that be, Miss Yuki?" Igor responds.

"When I activated Arcana Checker, somepony's Arcana was blending between the Justice and the Strength. Can you tell what's going on?"

"People change. And with that, their arcana may change with them to better suit it. The pony you must be talking about must have been originally one who is a good sign of justice, but now shows more compassion and is more emotionally strong because of it." It does seem like it's very likely that that's the logical explanation to this.

"Thank you, Igor. That answers my questions. I'll be going now."

"Until we meet again, Miss Yuki. Farewell."

Home
4/15
Daytime
Mostly Clear

When I fade back into reality, Naru looks like he's happy with his fusions. "I've got some classics I'm gonna try out when we go back into Cognition." I nod, knowing full well what might happen. The reason Nanako's Arcana's changing constantly, beyond the reasoning Igor gave, is that she's the one who'll get sent to Cognition next. But, instead of doing anything, I'll let nature take its course.

"Say, Naru-kun. Let's go check our TVs tonight. I've got a strange feeling something's gonna happen." I suggest. She's gonna get filly-napped tonight and sent, then we'll have to save her before tomorrow night for the festival.

"Yeah, I got the same feeling. I'll check."

"Thanks Naru-kun. Well, I'm off to play games at the arcade. Wanna join?"

"Nah, I'll pass. I need to prepare for tomorrow. Both in combat and for the Spring in Bloom Festival or whatever it's called. I wasn't paying attention."

"Well, see ya!"

"Bye."

And then we part. One to a motel to prepare for a dance, the other to an arcade to increase stats.

Arcade
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Late Night
Mostly Clear

Damn! It's that late? Wow. Well, time to head back. When I enter our place, everyone seems asleep. Trotting up to the door of my room, I'm ready to pass out. I don't even remove my clothes before I pass out.

Author's Note

I'm working on more chapters more regularly. I'm more passionate for this than the "Elements of Chaos" story I was originally writing. I might cancel that. Maybe...